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Birth
Born in Vienna, Austria -
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Early Life
During his time in his hometown of Vienna, he attended primary school and high school. Began taking singing lessons and attended musicals. -
World War II
After high school he was drafted into the German Arbeitsdienst, a major organization in Nazi Germany dedicated to mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy. -
Post War University
He returned to Vienna, Austria to go back to school and study history and sociology. He quickly became dissatisfied and changed to physics, where he met Felix Ehrenhaft who influenced Feyerabend drastically. He than changed his course philosophy. -
Albach Forum
He visited the first Albach Forum where he first met Karl Popper, who had a positive and negative impact on him. He was going to study under Ludwig Josef Johann WIttgenstein but died before Feyerabend could move to England. So he chose Popper as his supervisor instead. -
London School of Economics
During his time here was the where Popper had the greatest influence from him. -
Against Method
This book is one of Feyerabend's major works. This was his view of the philosophy of science persuaded by his mentors. -
Science in a Free Society
This book was another one of Feyerabend's major work sparking quite the controversy when it was released. -
Farewell to Reason
This major work by Feyerabend presented a vigorous challenge to scientific nationalism.
